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187828139London:: Elliot Stock 1878. First Printing of the First UK Edition. A Very Good copy of this slim volume in red cloth binding with gilt coverlettering on. Queen Pomare IV written by British Consul and a Missionary of the London Missionary Society Mr George Pritchard who resided in Tahiti during the greater part of the Queen's life. Pritchard concentrates on the time when French war ships invaded Tahiti. The Queen was intimidated and robbed of her possessions only because "France was one great nation and that France had 60 frigates". Elliot Stock, hardcover
182237418Boston: Samue T. Armstrong and Crocker & Brewster New York: John P. Haven 1822. First American edition. 1 vols. 12mo. Later burgundy cloth browning and spotting some short tears and creases. From the library of John Mason Warinner with bookplate. First American edition. 1 vols. 12mo. With much on voyage in the Duff and on Tahiti. Ferguson 870 locating only one copy; O'Reilly & Reitman 683; S & S Samue T. Armstrong, and Crocker & Brewster, New York: John P. Haven unknown
1869245034Paris: Librairie Internationale Boulevard Montmartre 15. A. Lacroix Verboeckoven et Cie. Éditeurs à Bruxelles à Leipzig à Livourne 1869. First edition. 56 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green printed wrappers part of back wrapper mising front covers chipped at top and loose else internally fine. First edition. 56 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Jacolliot was a barrister and author who lived on Tahiti India and other parts of Asia He collected and transcribed Sanskrit myths. Madame Blavatsky and Nietzsche were influenced by him.<br /> <br /> This pamphlet is a defense of the actions taken by the French Commissioner Émile de la Roncière who wanted to set up a financial system of local taxation reducing Tahiti's dependence on France.<br /> <br /> Roncière was the famous victim of a French miscarriage of justi having been convicted in 1835 on unbelievavble eveidence of assaulting Marie de Morell the 16 year old daughter of a Cavalry General. Many prominent peoplke rallied to his defense but he served 8 years in prison and was not completely exonerated until 1849. This was known as "L'Affaire de la Ronci``ere." O'Reilly # 6903 Librairie Internationale, Boulevard Montmartre, 15. A. Lacroix, Verboeckoven et Cie. Éditeurs à Bruxelles, à Leipzig, à Livo unknown
1851459155London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans. 1851. Hardcover. Acceptable condition. First edition. No dust jacket. Several marks and stains on boards. Light bump on lower edge of front board. Spine is cocked. Spine ends and edges are worn bumped and nicked. Leading corners are worn bumped and split. Hinges are cracked. Minor ink marking on FEP and rear pastedown. Minor foxing at a few points. Contents are clear. AF. Hardcover. Acceptable/No Dust Jacket. Used. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Hardcover
182914664London: Fisher Son & Jackson 1829. First Edition. Eight engraved plates two maps one folding and other woodcut illustrations in text. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary marbled boards brown calf spine and tips boards abraded and spines worn some internal staining but a tight crisp copy. First Edition. Eight engraved plates two maps one folding and other woodcut illustrations in text. 2 vols. 8vo. The first edition of an epochal work by a scholar and missionary who lived in and wrote extensively of Hawaii and Polynesia and later Madagascar. After an adventurous life in foreign and frequently insalubrious climes he died of a chill caught in an English railway carriage. Robert Southey in a review of Polynesian Researches stated "A more interesting book we have never pursued" and it has become one of the classic accounts of South Sea Island culture and life. O'Reilly & Reitman Bibliographie de Tahiti 7556; Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages p. 96 citing edition of 1830; Day Books About Hawaii 24; Hawaiian National Bibliography 719 Fisher, Son, & Jackson unknown
